Friday, January 10, 2020

Aisle Path Lighting

I have a bunch of quilt finishes from 2019 that I have not yet shared on the blog so I will attempt to do so over the next few weeks.  The first quilt I would like to share is called Aisle Path Lighting.


My local guild, the Greenville Modern Quilt Guild, hosts a quilt challenge every August.  The challenge for this past year was the crayon challenge.  The rules were:

  • Randomly select 3 crayons 
  • Make a small quilt (no side larger than 36") 
  • Use the the crayon colors as the majority of the quilt top
  • Focus on negative space

My colors were a dark blue, bright yellow, and grass green.

I wanted to push myself out of my comfort zone a little and try some improv piecing.  I started by creating little dots of yellow on a dark blue background which I thought looked a little like aisle path lighting you would see in a plane (which is how the quilt got its name).



I then slowly pieced the top together cutting different angles and using slightly different hues of the dark blue for interest.  I really did not care for the grass green so I included it in just one tiny spot :)

For quilting, I first machine quilted some dark blue lines echoing the seam lines and then added some big stitch hand quilting using Aurifil 12 wt in dark blue.  I faced the quilt instead of my usual binding.  The finished quilt measures 34" wide by 25" tall.


I am happy to report that I submitted Aisle Path Lighting into QuiltCon in the small quilts category and it got in!  I am working on putting a hanging sleeve and label now.

I'm linking up with NTT at My Quilt Infatuation.





22 comments:

  1. It's really lovely; totally approve of the name!

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  2. What a fun quilt - love the improv and the tiny piece of green. I look forward to seeing it at Quilt Con.

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  3. This is so great. I am glad you put that tiny green in there for interest.

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  4. This looks like it was a fun challenge! Congratulations for it being accepted at QuiltCon! I will look forward to seeing it in person.

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  5. What a great quilty challenge. Little quilts can be so fun to make. At first glance I didn't notice the tiny green spot. For such a little piece of color, it really holds it's own once you see it. Look forward to see what else you'll be sharing.

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  6. I immediately thought of aisle lighting at the movie theater. Great concept 👌.

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  7. That tiny piece of green really sparks interest. I can see the lights in the movie theater in this piece. Congrats on have it accepted into Quilt Con.

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  8. I really love this mini and am excited to get to see it in person soon!

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  9. Great quilt!! How do you face a quilt? That's something I'd like to learn how to do!

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  10. This is amazing! The imagery of aisle lighting really comes through, and I really like the texture of the hand stitching.

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  11. This is such a neat quilt! Such creativity to fit in that one little bit of green!

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  12. oh this is lovely! And your quilting makes it!

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  13. Definitely see the aisle lighting reference. Congrats on the QuiltCon acceptance.

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  14. Wonderful! Like Debra above, I thought of a movie theatre too. Really cool. Facing a quilt gives a lovely finish. Good luck at Quilt Con this year!

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  15. Cheryl, I love this quilt! And very clever of you to just put in the tiny dot of green. I didn't even notice it. When I read that it had green, I had to go back and look for it!

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  16. Yay! Congratulations on Quiltcon. I love your hand quilting.

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  17. Love your design and will look forward to seeing it at QuiltCon. And it took me a moment to see the bright green. Of course then you can't unsee it, but at first I saw the overall light-strips :) xo Melanie

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  18. I love it!! You did meet the challenge by using the green...A nice addition and enough to meet the challenge! Congrats on it going to QuiltCon!

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  19. Wow! Your quilting both by machine and hand so add depth and texture to this piece.

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